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Professor Andre van der Merwe (L), head of the Stellenbosch University Division of Urology, and Professor Rafique Moosa (R), Executive Head of the Department at the University of Stellenbosch, give a press conference at the Tygerberg Hospital in Bellville in Cape Town, on March 13, 2015, to announce that they had performed the world's first successful penis transplant, three months after the ground-breaking operation. The 21-year-old patient had his penis amputated three years ago after a botched circumcision at a traditional initiation ceremony. In a nine-hour operation at the Tygerberg Hospital, he received his new penis from a deceased donor, whose family were praised by doctors. AFP PHOTO
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